Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The County Democratic Chairman candidate has chosen former Manalapan Mayor Rebecca Aaronson as his running mate.
Former Manalapan Mayor Rebecca Aaronson will join Marlboro Councilman Frank LaRocca on his campaign to become the Monmouth County Democratic Chairman. LaRocca announced his campaign in February, following the announcement of current chairman Vic Scudiery's retirement. LaRocca is running against Long Branch Democrat Vin Gopal, who had an unsuccessful run for the state legislature last year. Aaronson ran an unsuccessful campaign for Monmouth County Freeholder in 2005, losing the spot to current Freeholder Lillian Burry. In the interim, Aaronson has volunteered Monmouth County’s battered women’s shelter and has been honored by the Latino American Association of Monmouth County for her public service. She’s a graduate of Brookdale Community …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Manalapan resident Beth Topinka was at George Clooney's home in Studio City, CA Thursday evening for a presidential fundraiser.
President Barack Obama came to the Studio City home of actor George Clooney Thursday evening for a fundraiser that brought in nearly $15 million for his re-election campaign, the most lucrative fundraiser for a U.S. presidential candidate, according to host Jeffrey Katzenberg. Barbra Streisand, Robert Downey Jr., Tobey Maguire, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Salma Hayek and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were among the 150 people who paid $40,000 each to attend the event, benefiting the Obama Victory Fund, with funds going to Obama for America, his re-election campaign, the Democratic National Committee and several state parties, a campaign source said. Two-thirds of the funds raised came from supporters who took part in a contest to win seats for…
Monday, April 30, 2012
The Council unanimously voted to have Lou Sarti fill the vacant seat.
The Englishtown Council chose and swore in a new Republican Council member at their Mayor and Council meeting on Wednesday. Lou Sarti, President of the Englishtown Fire Department, will be filling Jayne Carr's unexpired term until Dec. 31 of this year. Carr, whose original term expires on December 31, 2013, was removed from the Englishtown Council last month for accumulating too many unexcused absences from the council meetings. The council passed a resolution vacating Carr's seat, in accordance with New Jersey State law. Sarti, a resident of Englishtown for 17 years, has been a member of the Englishtown Fire Department for 21 years and has served as the department’s President for the past 12 years, being a Lieutenant prior to that. Sarti …
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
The probable Republican nominee for U.S. president attends a political fundraiser on Bernardsville mountain.
The actual event was a political fundraiser for state Sen. Joe Kyrillos, a Republican and Middletown resident who wants to replace Democrat Bob Menendez in the U.S. Senate, but the reason for all the security, traffic and reporters outside a private home in Bernardsville on Wednesday afternoon was the awaited arrival of Mitt Romney. Romney, the likely Republican nominee for this year's presidential race, arrived about an hour after the scheduled start of the $5,000-a-plate campaign event at the house of attorney Edward Deutsch. The Somerset County sheriff's department, with its canine unit, a few cars and officers from the Bernardsville police department and Secret Service had already secured the entrance to the home on Dryden Road prior …
Presidential hopeful attended fundraiser for U.S. senator candidate Wednesday in Bernardsville.
Just one month after U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez lured the country's vice president to a local fundraiser at a private home, his challenger is bringing a big name of his own to the area. A $5,000-a-plate fundraiser for State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth), a Middletown resident, was held Wednesday at the home of a Bernardsville attorney that featured Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. "We are grateful for Governor Romney’s support for Senator Kyrillos' campaign against Bob Menendez," Kyrillos' campaign manager, Chapin Fay, wrote Tuesday in an e-mail to Patch. Menendez held his own high-profile event last month in a Morris Township home where tickets sold for $1,000 each and was attended by Vice President Joe Biden. About 140 …
Friday, April 13, 2012
President Barack Obama has officially been listed as a candidate on New Jersey's primary ballot.
An administrative law judge's ruling that President Barack Obama is eligible to appear on New Jersey's upcoming primary ballot was upheld by Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, a spokesman for New Jersey's Division of Elections said early Friday afternoon. Spokesman Shawn Crisafulli said in an email that all candidates for all offices, including the President of the United States, have now been officially certified and sent to the countries per statute. Attorney Mario Apuzzo, representing New Jersey residents Nick Purpura and Ted Moran, challenged Obama's placement on the June 5 primary ballot on the basis that the president is not a natural born United States citizen and that a birth certificate released last April by the White House was …
An effort to have President Barack Obama's name removed from New Jersey's primary ballot was dealt a setback following an administrative judge's recent ruling.
Update: Lt. Governor Upholds Judge's Decision on Obama's Eligibility In what attorney Mario Apuzzo is calling a "sham of justice," a state judge has ruled against objectors seeking to remove President Barack Obama's name from New Jersey's upcoming primary ballot. According to Apuzzo, the attorney representing New Jersey residents Nick Purpura and Ted Moran, Deputy Director and Administrative Law Judge Jeff Masin ruled against the ballot challenge following a more than three-hour hearing earlier this week. His decision, delivered to Apuzzo via email, was not based on the issues presented in the challenge, namely that Obama is not a natural born citizen of the United States and that a birth certificate released by the White House last April …
Monday, April 9, 2012
Two men, including a Monmouth County resident, are challenging President Barack Obama's placement on the state's primary ballot.
Two New Jersey residents, including one from Monmouth County, are challenging President Barack Obama's place on the state's primary ballot, according to the Bayshore Tea Party Group. Nick Purpura, of Monmouth County, has filed a challenge along with Ocean County resident Ted Moran alleging that Obama has never shown adequate proof that he was born in the United States - despite the release of a longform birth certificate by the White House in April of 2011 - and that his father was never a citizen of the United States, meaning Obama is not a natural born citizen, at least according to their interpretation of the Constitution. The challenge will be heard by an administrative law judge Tuesday at the Administrative Law Offices in …
Friday, April 6, 2012
Committeeman Ryan Green is running uncontested as the Republican; Democrat Seth Ptasiewicz is running uncontested as the Democrat.
Manalapan Committeeman Ryan Green’s term is expiring December 2012 and he has officially filed to run for re-election. The race won’t be uncontested, however, as Manalapan Township Clerk Regina Preteroti said that Democrat Seth Ptasiewicz has also submitted a petition for the single available seat on the Township Committee in the 2012 Election. Currently the Manalapan Township Committee is wholly Republican and Ptasiewicz is running on a Democratic ticket. In the 2011 election, Ptasiewicz shared the Democratic ticket with Michelle Roth, the previous Democratic incumbent. Both Roth and Ptasiewicz lost to current Manalapan Mayor Susan Cohen and current Deputy Mayor Don Holland. Green has sat on the Township Committee for three years and was …
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Republicans and Democrats fielded candidates for county clerk and two freeholder seats.
Candidates vying for county offices will not face challenges in the June primary election. The Monmouth County Republican Committee and the Monmouth County Democrats each fielded a single candidate for a three-year, full-term freeholder seat; a one-year unexpired freeholder seat; and a five-year, full-term county clerk seat as of the April 2 primary election filing deadline, according to the Monmouth County Board of Elections. Monmouth County voters will recognize some familiar names on this year’s ballot. Republican Freeholder Director John Curley, a Middletown resident, is seeking his second full term on the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Monmouth County Democrats tapped William Shea of Howell to challenge Curley in …
Kathy Horgan
12:35 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
"....with Frank leading the county, women will have a voice and be welcomed"??? By that statement, is Ms. Aaronson inferring that Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Vic Scudiery has ignored women and excluded them from running for public office during his 23-year tenure? I think not. On the contrary. That hasn't been my personal experience with Chairman Scudiery. I have been a councilwoman in … more ›